Automatic car weighing and recording scale.



A A e. GOETZ. AUTOMATIC GAB WEIGHING AND RECORDING SCALE.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 27, 1909.

Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED KAY 27, 1909.

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AUTOMATIG GAR WEIGHING AND RECORDING SCALE.

APPLICATION FILED KLY 27, 1909. 978,874. Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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UNITED STA'IZIQS PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GoE'rz. or cnrcaoo. ILLINOIS. ASSIG'NOR T0 srmznEn-Anm wnrcmne o mzconnme COMPANY. or cmcaoo. ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

AUTOMATIC CAR WEIGHING AND RECORDING SCALE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

Application filed May 27, [909. Serial No. 498,777.

To all imam it may concern:

Be it known that I. Gnome Goirrz, a citi' zen of the. United ta'tes, residing in Chicago. in the county of Cook and'btate of Illinois. have invented n new and nsefnl Improvement in Automatic Car \Vei hing and leeording Scales. of which the following is I face of the weight printing or recording wheel. the printing being done by the stroke of the i lfl]]lGS$-Otl hammer.

The ohjeet of my present impmwtnent is to adopt my car weighing and recording scale of my said prior patents to print the weights. of the cars as they pass over the scale platform upon the ordinary commercial way-hill cards used by the railway combeing prefera -tn accordance panics.

My invention consists in the means i have mmstructed and devised for practically accoinplishing this object or result as herein shown and described and more particularly specified in the claims.

lit the accompanying drawing forming a part of this Fl'ltt'llittllifill; I have only shown those portions of my car weighing and recording scale to which my present im n-ovenit-tits particularly relate. and I wonl refer to the specification and drawings of my said prior patents for a full description of the construction and operation of the other portions of the a i iaratnssuch other portions lily constructed substantially with the specification and drawings of one or the other of my said prior patents.

In said drawing; Figure 1 is a side elevation. partly in vertical section. of a car weighing and recording scale embodying my invention. the same showing. howeucrconly that portion of the complete apparatus to which my itcscnt. impn-m-mcnt particularly KlNlOS. F\g. 2 is a detail plan view. Fig.

l l l 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the way'bill card holder. Fig. 5 is a detail plan View, partly inhorizuntal sectiom -on line 5-4) of Fig. (3; Fig. 6 is a detail section on line (5-6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a detail end elevation of the way-bill card holder. Fig. 8 is a detail section on line 8 8 of Fig. 4 and F' 9. is :1V detail plan view of the card way-liifi, upon one detachable flap of which the weight of the card is printed or recorded.

In the drawing, A represents the frame of a car weighing and recording scale embodying my invention, A the scale beam connected by customary links and levers A 3 with the scale platform over which the ears to be weighed pass, A the dash- 70( having its piston stem A connected wit the scale beam. A the wei ht. printing or rccordi wheel, tlie shaft i of which is furnishh with :1 ar meshing-with a rack that is connccted y a connecting link or nod A" with the scale beam and actuated thereby, A the impression hammen -A the impression hammer lever, A" A" -connecting; links and levers through which the operation of the impression hammcris actuated or controlled, and A the stationary pointer mark printing type adjacent to the printing wheel. All these parts mav be of any suitable construction. and necd no further description, the same being substantially constructed in accordance with the spet'ifications and drawings of one or the other of my said prior patents. and being well known to those skilled in the art.

To enable the weight of each car pas ing over the scale platform to he clearly and distinctly recorded or printed upon the large. heavy, doubled or folded railway coinmcrcial way-bill card X havin" a detachable flap X, such as shown in t to drawing, (see Fig. 9). by the coi' pe'rat'ire action of the printing wheel and impte sion hammer without danger of the heavy folded card interfering with thentvuracy of the weight and the dcltmte movement of the printing i wheel under action of the scale beam and its counterbalance spring and dash-pot, I provide and coiiiorati elr combine wit these parts a way an opening I) through which the. impression hammer may act upon the way-hill card in the holder, and having a light, thin. flat spring supporting plate B secured thereto ill card holdcr B, having V for theway-bill card X to rest directly upon,

and between which spring and the holder the wayl'ibill card is inserted, the spring supporting plate serving to hold the way hill card free. fr'omfthe type wheel (LYCEPtlIIf! at the instant whent-he,imprcssion hammer strikes its blow thereagainst, and thus carand pushed against these guides, the

ries the yieldingly supported wa vbill card. forcibly against the printing wheel and stationary pointer mark type. The yielding or spring supporting plate B of the card holder is provided with an opening I" through it to enable the way hill card when struck by the impres ion hammer. to prop- ,erly contact with the. weight recording wheel and the stationary pointer mark type. The cardholder B is also rovided with a side guide I) for the rear Sit e edge a: of the folded way billcard X to abut against, and with an end guide I) for one en way bill card to abut against so that when the way 'bill'card is inserted into the holder, prmting of the weight thereon will always occur in proper place on the way-bill card op 0- site the word or words thereon indicating the gross weight.'

The frontedges of the card holder B and of its spring supporting plate B are pref erably furnished with curved lips 11 s to facilitate the entrance of the folded way-bill card into the holder. The 'waybill card holder B is adjustabl supported in cooperative relation with the printingwhcel and stationary pointer mark type by means: of threaded posts or adjusting screws 6.

The inkingribbon C passes from the feed spool I) to the takeup spool I) through the card holder B and just under the side guides ZF. and just beneath the spring or yielding supporting plate B of the card holder. and around or oversuitahlc guide rolls 1] J. The inking ribbon is held normally out of contact with the printing wheel A b suit.- able guides b. The inking ribbon takeup spool is automatically actuated through suitable gears (l (P, ratchet ll". pawl 11. pawl lever d and connecting link (1 which connects it with the lever A" by which the impression hammer is raised.

claim 1. In an automatic car weighing and re cording scale, the combination with the scale beam, printing wheel, rack, and gear. stationarypointer mark type and im )rcs sion hammer. ink ribbon and ink ri )bon feed mechanism. of a waybil-l card holder having upper and. lower plates with an opcningbetwee them at their front edges to receive a \'a bill card, said upper plate having an opening for the impression hammer to project through, and said lower plate having an opening through which the irinting wheel may contact with. serving to support the card normally out of edge a of thethe car and I! l l l l l -cordin g scale,

feed mechanism.

contact with the vidcd with a spring member movablctoward the printing whccl to permit the card to bc dc n'cssed against the printing wheel by the bl ow of theiniprcssion hammer. substant'ially as specified.

2. In an automatic car weighing and re.- the combination with the scale beam, printing wheel. rack. and gear. stationary pointer mark type and im )rcssion hamnu'r. ink ribbon and ink ri hon feed mechanism, of a way-bill card holder having upper and lower plates with an opening between them at their front edges to receive a way bill card, said upper plate having an opening for the impression hammer to project through, and said lower plate having-an opening through which the printingwheel may contact with the card and serving to suppolt the card normally out of contact with the printing wheel, and provided with a spring member movable toward the printing wheel to permit the card to be depressed against the printing wheel by the blow of the in'iprcssion hammer. said card holder being also furnished with side and end guides to gage the card in proper position, substantially as specified.

3. In an automatic car weighing and recording scale. the combination with the scale beam. printing wheel. rack, and gear. stationary pointer mark type and impression hammer, ink'rihbon and ink ribbon of a way-bill card holder having upper and lower plates with an opening between them at their front edges to receive a way hill card. said upper plate having an opening for the impression hammer to project through. and said lower plate having an opening through which the printing wheel may contact with the card and serving to support the card normally out of contact with the printing wheel, and provided with a spring member movable toward the printing wheel to permit the card to be depressed against the printing wheel by the blow of the innn'cssion lnnrnncr, said card holder being also furnished with side and end guides. to gage the card in proper position. and adjustable supports for said card holder, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with a scale beam and a recording wheel actuated thereby. of an impression hammer and. a card holder interposed between said impression hammer and rta-ording wheel and having upper and lower dates provided with openings therein to enable the impression hammer and recording wheel to contitct'with the card held in the holder. substantially as specified.

The combination a recording wheel actuated thereby, of an impression hammer and a card holdcr'inprinting wheel. and pro-- with a scale beam and tcr oscd 'bctwtxn said impression hammer an recording wheel and having upper and lower plates provided with openings therein to enale the lmpression hammer and re- .cording wheel to contact with the card held in the holder, said lower plate being movable toward the recording wheel under the stroke of the impression hammer, substantially as specified.

6. The combination with a scale beam and a recording wheel actuated thereby, of an impression hammer and a card holder interposed between said impression hammer and recording wheel and having upper and lower plates provided with openings therein to enable the impression hammer and recording wheel to contact with the card held in the holder, said card holder being provided with side and end guides for gaging the card in position, substantially as specified.

7. The combination with a scale beam and a recording wheel actuated thereby, of an impression hammer and a card holder interposed between saidiimpression hammer and recording wheel and having'upper and lower plates provided with openings therein to enable the impression hammerand recording wheel to contact with the card held in the holder, an ink ribbon and ink ribbon feed ,mechanism, substantially as specified.

8. The combination with a scale beam and a recording wheel actuated thereby, of an impression hammer and a card holder interposed between said impression hammer and recording wheel and having upper and lower plates provided with openings therein to enable the impression hammer and recording wheel to contact with the card held in the holder, andscrew posts for supporting said card holder in cooperative relation with the recording wheel, substantially as specified.

*9. The combination with a scale beam and recording-wheel connected therewith and actuated thereby, of a stationary pointer mark type, an impression hammer and a card ho der having upper and lower plates and an opening in its upper plate for the impression hammer and provided with a flat spring supporting plate for yieldingly su porting the card normally out of contact wit 1 the re cording wheel, substantially as specified.

10. The combination with a scale beam and recording wheel connected therewith and actuated thereby, of a stationary pointer mark type, an impression hammer and a card holder having upper and lower plates and an opening in its upper plate for the impression hammer and provided with a flat spring supportin plate for yieldingly' supporting tie CLI( normally out of contact with the recording wheel, and a side guide for the back edge of the card, substantially as specified.

11. The combination with a scale beam and recording wheel connected therewith and actuated thereby, of a stationary pointer mark type, an impression hammer and a card holder having upper and lower plates and an opening in its upper plate for the impression hammer and provided with a flat spring supporting plate for'yieldingly supporting the card normally out of contact with the recording wheel, and a side guide for the back edge of the card, and an end guide for one end edge of the card, substantially as spec-ified. v

12. The combination with a scale, beam and a recording wheel actuated thereby, of

an impression hammer and avcard holder in terposed between said impression hammer and recording wheel and having upper and lower platespr'ovided with openlngs thereln to enable the impression hammer and.record ing wheel to contact with the card held in the holder, and screw posts for supporting said cardholder in cooperative relation with the recording wheel, and means for adjusting said card holder in respect to the said wheel, substantially as specified.

13. The combination with a scale beam anda recording wheel actuated thereby, of an impression hammer and a card holder interposed between said impression hammer mechanism therefor, substantially as specified.

GEORGE GOETZ.

wy'itnesses:

PEARL Animals, H. M. MUNDAY, 

